Brisbane River search for British backpacker continues

Jorge Branco

A British backpacker feared drowned after he was last seen leaping from a Brisbane bridge on Sunday night had been away from home for more than a year and had just started a new job in the city.

The 30-year-old, who Fairfax Media has declined to name while police continue to try to make contact with family members, had been drinking with three other travellers at a nearby backpackers when they decided to jump from the William Jolly Bridge "for a bit of fun".